Game Engine Architecture

Foundations
Introduction
Structure of a Typical Game Team
What Is a Game?
What Is a Game Engine?
Engine Differences across Genres
Game Engine Survey
Runtime Engine Architecture
Tools and the Asset Pipeline





Tools of the Trade
Version Control
Microsoft Visual Studio
Profiling Tools
Memory Leak and Corruption Detection
Other Tools





Fundamentals of Software Engineering for Games
C++ Review and Best Practices
Data, Code and Memory
Catching and Handling Errors
Pipelines, Caches and Optimization





3D Math for Games
Solving 3D Problems in 2D
Points and Vectors
Matrices
Quaternions
Comparison of Rotational Representations
Other Useful Mathematical Objects
Hardware-Accelerated SIMD Math
Random Number Generation





Low-Level Engine Systems
Engine Support Systems
Subsystem Start-Up and Shut-Down
Memory Management
Containers
Strings
Engine Configuration





Resources and the File System
File System
The Resource Manager





The Game Loop and Real-Time Simulation
The Rendering Loop
The Game Loop
Game Loop Architectural Styles
Abstract Timelines
Measuring and Dealing with Time
Multiprocessor Game Loops
Networked Multiplayer Game Loops





Human Interface Devices (HID)
Types of Human Interface Devices
Interfacing with a HID
Types of Inputs
Types of Outputs
Game Engine HID Systems
Human Interface Devices in Practice





Tools for Debugging and Development
Logging and Tracing
Debug Drawing Facilities
In-Game Menus
In-Game Console
Debug Cameras and Pausing the Game
Cheats
Screenshots and Movie Capture
In-Game Profiling
In-Game Memory Stats and Leak Detection





Graphics, Motion and Sound
The Rendering Engine
Foundations of Depth-Buffered Triangle Rasterization
The Rendering Pipeline
Advanced Lighting and Global Illumination
Visual Effects and Overlays
Further Reading





Animation Systems
Types of Character Animation
Skeletons
Poses
Clips
Skinning and Matrix Palette Generation
Animation Blending
Post-Processing
Compression Techniques
Animation System Architecture
The Animation Pipeline
Action State Machines
Animation Controllers





Collision and Rigid Body Dynamics
Do You Want Physics in Your Game?
Collision/Physics Middleware
The Collision Detection System
Rigid Body Dynamics
Integrating a Physics Engine into Your Game
Advanced Physics Features





Audio
The Physics of Sound
The Mathematics of Sound
The Technology of Sound
Rendering Audio in 3D
Audio Engine Architecture
Game-Specific Audio Features





Gameplay
Introduction to Gameplay Systems
Anatomy of a Game World
Implementing Dynamic Elements: Game Objects
Data-Driven Game Engines
The Game World Editor





Runtime Gameplay Foundation Systems
Components of the Gameplay Foundation System
Runtime Object Model Architectures
World Chunk Data Formats
Loading and Streaming Game Worlds
Object References and World Queries
Updating Game Objects in Real Time
Events and Message-Passing
Scripting
High-Level Game Flow





Conclusion
You Mean There’s More?
Some Engine Systems We Didn’t Cover
Gameplay Systems





Bibliography


Index